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ATHOS Yacht for Charter

2010 / 2022

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Majestic. Powerful. Unique.

The largest – and dare we say it most beautiful – two-masted schooner to grace the ocean, Athos is in a league of her own. Fast, powerful and majestic, her sleek profile sits low and close to the water, delivering an inimitable sailing experience, while her world-class amenities, brought firmly up-to-date by her recent full-scale refit, promise boundless fun whether underway or at anchor. With a dedicated and longstanding crew on board, an outstanding toy collection and freshly reconfigured accommodation, it’s easy to see why so many guests come back year after year.

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CHARTER LOCATION

Summer: Mediterranean, West Mediterranean, East Mediterranean

This Is Athos

Close Connection to the Water

Thanks to her super low profile.

Epic Sailing

Total exhilaration.

Refreshed Interiors

Updated in 2023.

Five Unique Cabins

Each with a different wood finish.

Great Toy Selection

Lots of choice for fun on the water.

Sprawling Decks

Space to relax.

Al Fresco Dining

With optional shade.

Relaxation Station

For sun worship or wildlife watching.

Private Deckhouse

For secluded moments.

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Athos Through the Lens

Endless Ways to Unwind

All Decked Out

Athos’ latest transformation gave her a 1.55m extension at the stern and allowed for a completely reconfigured cockpit, with a vast sunbed area and bar for lazy days spent under the sun and seating for up to 12 guests in dining or coffee table configuration. New booms, carbon rigging and a brand-new set of North Sails ensure exhilarating days under sail, with the excitement continuing while the yacht is at anchor, thanks to a brand-new custom X craft tender and vast collection of toys.

Classic Styling. Modern Amenities.

Athos’ original designers Hoek were brought back for her latest transformation, bringing with them their ‘classic above/modern below” approach to yacht design. Rich woods, soft, tactile fabrics and a calming colour palette of blues, greens and neutrals create spaces that are both modern and inviting. Whether socialising in the well-appointed upper salon or curling up in the newly installed media room with its 68” screen, guests will feel completely at home whilst on board.

Perfect for Groups

Perfect for families or groups of friends, Athos promises even more than the thrill of sailing. A great collection of toys provides ample opportunity for letting off steam, while her stately interiors and sociable deck spaces are ideal for dining and swapping stories of the day’s adventures.

Accommodation

Sail. Sleep. Repeat.

Cabin arrangement.

Principal Cabin

With king-sized bed.

Three Double Cabins

Each one has a Pullman berth.

Can be configured as double if required.

Make Your Own Waves

Athos carries an impressive selection of toys to delight guests of all ages. With two custom tenders, an array of towables and inflatables and a wide choice of motorised toys including e-foils, seabobs and electric mountain bikes, guests will have the chance to try something new every day, guided by the experienced crew.

What's in the Toybox

2 X Tenders 2 X Laser Sailing Dinghies 2 X Optimist Sailing Dinghies 2 X seabobs & E-Foils 4 X SUP 2 x Kayak & Kite Surf 3 X Wakeboards 4 x Mountain E-Bikes Waterskis & Knee Board Inflatables & Towables Fishing Gear

Please note that the tenders and toys on board the yachts are regularly updated. Please contact Y.CO for the most up to date list.

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Athos READ LISTING DISCLAIMER

One of the most spectacular and innovative sailing yachts to be launched in recent years, Athos is the result of the combined efforts of award-winning designer Andre Hoek, renowned Dutch builder Holland Jachtbouw and the yacht’s own highly committed owner who personally oversaw a raft of engineering innovations being introduced to the project.

Athos has an 11-metre beam that creates an unprecedented amount of volume. She also has three boarding platforms offering plenty of options for dinghies but also the perfect landing platform for a feature unique to Athos.

Accommodation

Athos' interior includes an Owners Suite with a private cockpit and deckhouse, four guest cabins and a main deckhouse with a formal dining and lounge area.

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Sailing yacht ATHOS is a 62 meter (203ft) double-masted schooner, built by Holland Yachtbouw and launched in 2010. ATHOS superyacht is custom made, designed by Hoek Design Naval Architects. Sailing yacht ATHOS is available for charter in the Mediterranean in the summer and the Caribbean during the winter, she offers deluxe accommodation for up to 12 guests in 5 en-suite cabins.

NOTABLE FEATURES: Classic design ~ Ample deck space ~ Sumptuous interior finishes ~ Water toys ~ Wi-fi Crewed charter yacht ATHOS boasts a contemporary elegant interior décor, featuring a fabulous combination of woods such as maple, mahogany, anigre, cherry and pear, complimented by supple leathers, stylish fabrics and a traditional flair. The upper salon is spacious and offers a formal dining table and opposing seating area with U shaped sofa and coffee table. The formal dining table converts into 2 games tables, ideal of a casual game of cards. Forward to port, the upper salon boasts a complete wet bar, perfect for entertaining.

ATHOS’s lower salon is ideal for relaxing boasting a comfortable sofa, occasional chairs, custom pouf with extending foot rests and intimate fire place. The galley is to port of the lower salon and can be incorporated as an open plan, or closed for added privacy, it is fitted with the finest of Miele equipment, ensuring the best in delectable culinary delights.

ATHOS Specifications

Exterior deck space is ample aboard the luxury sailing schooner ATHOS. Aft of the upper salon, guests are offered a large shaded main cockpit area, with plenty of seating, a casual alfresco dining table, perfect for the kids and a formal alfresco dining table. Charter yacht ATHOS has a generous beam of 10.8m (35.7ft) and flush decks, providing easy access fore and aft. Forward are plenty of areas to relax and sunbathe. Aft of the main cockpit, a further deck house has the owners study, followed by a private owners cockpit, with wrap around seating and an adjustable alfresco dining table.

The Holland Yachtbouw ATHOS yacht has a maximum draught of 7.80 meters (25.59ft) and is powered by twin Volvo 651hp D16C-A MH EVC engines, capable of cruising at 10 knots. The super yacht ATHOS has an impressive sail area of 1762m2 (5784ft2) Doyle sails. Her rigging is by Smart Rigging with Rondal spars. All deck hardware was provided by Lewmar and her navigation instruments by Brooke & Gatehouse.

Yacht Charter Accommodation

The 62m (203ft) luxury yacht ATHOS accommodates up to 12 guests, in 5 deluxe cabins below decks. The master stateroom is aft with a full beam layout, king size bed, sofa, vanity/desk and en-suite with bath, shower/steam room and his and his sinks. The master stateroom also includes and upper lounge/study and private cockpit, complete with wrap around seating and alfresco dining. Two guest cabins offer double beds, settee, pull out desk and Pullman berth each. A further 2 cabins offer side by side single beds, with the ability to convert into double beds. Each cabin features en-suite facilities, full entertainment systems and a unique tasteful décor. Superyacht ATHOS also features a crew galley, five crew cabins, and a separate engineer´s area for the captain, including an integrated control room.

Charter Amenities and Extras

Tenders & Toys: Tenders ~1 x Custom Naiad 6.2m with Yanmar 6BY2-260 on ZT-380 outdrive ~1 x Custom Rib-X 5.3m with Yamaha F100 outboard Toys ~Topaz Uno Plus ~2 x Seabobs ~1 x Tow Foil board ~2 x Stand Up Paddleboards ~2 x Kayaks ~1 x Knee Board ~1 x Wakeboards ~2 x Moutain E-Bikes ~1 x SUB Wing ~1 x set of water skis and equipment ~Various assorted inflatable toys and towables ~Various fishing equipment

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Toys and tenders.

6.2 meter Custom Naiad meter tender with Yanmar 6BY2-260 outdrive 5.3 meter Custom Rib tender with Yamaha F100 outboard engine 2 Laser Vago Sailing Dinghies 2 Optimist Sailing Dinghies Assorted Dive Gear for up to 8 divers (certified divers only) 3 Wakeboards 3 sets of waterskis Water ski equipment Assorted inflatable toys Towable toys Kaleidescape entertainment system Saloon movie theater FIB (Flying Inflatable Boat)

PRESENTING ATHOS

Luxury sailing charter vessel ATHOS is massive – at 62 meters (203 feet) in length. Holland Jachtbouw yacht ATHOS was the world’s largest privately-owned schooner and the most technologically-sophisticated classic sail yacht built to date.

ALL ABOUT THE YACHT

She is an Andre Hoek design and Holland Jachtbouw build. Sailing yacht ATHOS boasts an 11 meter beam, creating an unprecedented amount of interior volume. The interior includes an owners’ suite with private cockpit and deckhouse. Additionally, four guest cabins and a main deckhouse with a formal dining and lounge area. Her three boarding platforms have ideal landing possibilities for dinghies.  Also, there is a unique feature you will find only on board this unique Holland Jachtbouw vessel. In specific, her FIB (Flying Inflatable Boat) flown by guests with a flying license on charter.  The rest of the water toys are hidden in large deck lockers.  These include storage for two small sailboats.  Additionally, scuba gear, towable toys, and fishing gear.

CLASSIC SAILING YACHTS

Similar classic style sailing yachts include sail yacht GERMANIA NOVA and sail yacht ATLANTIC .

WHERE DOES SHE CHARTER?

Primary winter ports of call are St Thomas, Tortola, St. Martin, and Antigua. Summer sees the yacht in action from St Tropez and Cannes .  For instance, the Amalfi Coast and nearby islands like Sardinia and Corsica.

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LOA: 203’0” / 62.00m – LWL: 132’0” / 40.18m – Beam: 36’0” / 10.88m – Draft: max 26’0” / 8.02m min 12’0” / 3.64m – Designer: Hoek Design Naval Architects – Original Name: ATHOS – Original Owner: Private – Year Built: 2010 -Built by: Holland Jachtbouw – Hull material: Alcan Sealium Aluminium – Sail Area: upwind 5,784 ft2 – Spinnaker: 4303 ft2 / 1312m2 – Displacement: 370 tonnes – Engine: 2 x Volvo D16C-A MH EVC (479 kW / 651 hp) – Flag: United Kingdom (GB) – Location: Marine Traffic

Historical:

Athos is one of the most spectacular and innovative sailing yachts to be launched in recent years.

She is the world’s largest privately-owned two-masted schooner and the most technologically sophisticated classic sailing yacht to date.

Athos is the result of the combined efforts of award-winning designer Andre Hoek, renowned Dutch builder Holland Jachtbouw and the yacht’s own highly committed owner who personally oversaw a raft of engineering innovations being introduced to the project.

Zijlmans Jachtbouw – “In 2005 I took him to see the 55m ketch Adèle and he loved the twin deckhouse owner’s privacy concept that Hoek Design pioneered on this yacht. Initially, he felt that Adèle was a little too large for his requirements, which seems ironic now when you consider how the project grew from 44m to 58m by the time HJB joined the team in 2006. As we developed Athos, more space was added for the crew, guests and equipment.”

“The initial brief for a 90kW bowthruster was superseded by a request for a more powerful bowthruster,’ remembers Zijlmans. ‘The amount of power [150kW] was unprecedented and when it became clear that he would have to finance some serious development work, the owner decided to commission a sternthruster at the same time with the same power.”

“Moreover, both thrusters had to be able to be operated simultaneously with both main engines running on a fixed rpm of just 1,500 because he also wanted to have the option to run the complete installation in combination with gearbox-driven generators. This was quite a puzzle to work out and required well over 2,000 engineering hours.”

“By this time, we had prepared a hull construction and layout for a system one fifth of the size so we had to rethink the proposed design, working everything around the entire installation to keep it all concealed,’ says Zijlmans. ‘The pumps on the main engines and generators are huge and the piping needed to transfer and hold the pressure involved in such a vast system power is tremendous.”

Provenance (The Wall of Remembrance – The Owners, Crew & Notable Guest):

• Owner/Guardian: (2010) Private
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Yacht ATHOS Zijlmans Jachtbouw

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Charter Sailing Yacht Athos in Greenland

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By Louise Marsh   25 June 2013

The 62m sailing superyacht Athos will be available to charter in Greenland this summer.

Built in 2010 by Holland Jachtbouw , the 62 metre charter yacht Athos is the world’s biggest privately owned two-masted schooner.

She has accommodation on board for 10 charter guests in three double and two twin staterooms. Athos is one of the most stunning and pioneering sailing yachts to be launched in the last few years and is the result of the combined efforts between award-winning designer Andre Hoek, the famous Dutch yacht builder and the owner himself who was highly committed and personally oversaw a number of the engineering innovations being used during her build. Athos will be available for charter in Greenland this summer and in the Caribbean this coming winter at €180,000 in high season and €160,000 in low season.

Athos is one of the most stunning and pioneering sailing yachts to be launched in the last few years

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Building the cutting edge sailing yacht Athos

The stats are impressive enough. Measuring 62m overall, Athos has a beam of 10.9m and weighs 390 tonnes at half load. Her 1,980 square metre upwind sail area requires the largest carbon rig ever made by Rondal, with a 54m foremast and 61m main.

Holland Jachtbouw (HJB) is building Athos fully to MCA and Bureau Veritas rules, and she is the largest sail yacht ever built in aluminium alloy 5383.

The early decision to use this strong, high modulus material was the first of many premiers for a hugely ambitious project that revolves equally as much around technical sophistication as her imposing size.

‘This project has been a process of continuous development driven by the owner,’ says Zijlmans, production director at HJB. ‘He adores engineering and constantly endeavours to push the needle of efficiency. The owner is not afraid to take risks and while confident that we can pull it off he is also taking his own share of the responsibility, right down to warranty issues.’

Many of the requests have involved installations and systems that were simply unavailable on the market and therefore had to be specially developed. It is clear that the flexibility offered by the World Class Manufacturing principles which HJB follows has proven indispensable for coping with these new developments.

Designer Andre Hoek was on the front line of this evolutionary process from the outset, and worked on the owner’s previous sailing yacht.

‘In 2005 I took him to see the 55m ketch Adèle and he loved the twin deckhouse owner’s privacy concept that Hoek Design pioneered on this yacht. Initially, he felt that Adèle was a little too large for his requirements, which seems ironic now when you consider how the project grew from 44m to 58m by the time HJB joined the team in 2006. As we developed Athos , more space was added for the crew, guests and equipment.’

Within weeks of HJB winning the tender, the owner had added a further four metres to Athos in order to cater for a new positioning for the boom vangs and increase the size of the engine room. He also began to devise the most powerful hydraulic system ever installed in a sail yacht to date; a monumental feat of engineering that would eventually require over 30km of wiring and a great deal of smart thinking.

‘The initial brief for a 90kW bowthruster was superseded by a request for a more powerful bowthruster,’ remembers Zijlmans. ‘The amount of power [150kW] was unprecedented and when it became clear that he would have to finance some serious development work, the owner decided to commission a sternthruster at the same time with the same power.

‘Moreover, both thrusters had to be able to be operated simultaneously with both main engines running on a fixed rpm of just 1,500 because he also wanted to have the option to run the complete installation in combination with gearbox-driven generators. This was quite a puzzle to work out and required well over 2,000 engineering hours.’

With 300kW on the thrusters alone, and taking into account efficiency losses and the hydraulically powered controllable pitch propellers, Athos now had a simultaneous hydraulic power factor in the range of 450kW.

‘By this time, we had prepared a hull construction and layout for a system one fifth of the size so we had to rethink the proposed design, working everything around the entire installation to keep it all concealed,’ says Zijlmans. ‘The pumps on the main engines and generators are huge and the piping needed to transfer and hold the pressure involved in such a vast system power is tremendous.’

Some 80mm in circumference, the pipes and their brackets had to be installed in a way that would be both resilient and sound insulating. While such heavy duty gear may be common in the commercial shipping sector, the restrictions on a luxury yacht where real estate is so precious – and peace and quiet so valued – made this a colossal challenge.

A similar dichotomy between two different maritime worlds can be seen in another of the owner’s innovations, which had been a key feature of the original specification.

Athos has double redundancy of almost every system on the boat, divided into port and starboard systems. Twin main engines drive two propellers, while two 90kW diesel gensets and two shaft generators provide a parallel power supply (add in the emergency generator aft and you have five gensets on a sail yacht). The shaft generators are another relatively common feature in the shipping world that you will not find on many superyachts.

The owner’s requirement for Athos to have dynamic positioning (DP) is also very unusual.

‘As far as we know, this is a first on a sail yacht so we had no reference point,’ says Zijlmans. ‘It is not the DP system itself that is complex, it’s the communication of the signals within the system and how parts of the yacht respond that are the big deal. The installation itself is driven by GPS signals, but the desire to have it hydraulically operated was something altogether new.

‘Finding a solution entailed a great deal of discussion with the yard, the DP installation manufacturer, the hydraulic components and engine controls suppliers, and the naval architects. In addition to being able to enjoy quiet without anchoring up, a secondary benefit is that it will be possible to manoeuvre Athos using a “simple” joystick.’

Athos also features a fully integrated stern anchor. Again, it is not the anchor itself that is revolutionary but the way it is being operated – in this case remotely, with a uniquely devised system that retracts, rotates and pivots the anchor into the hull.

‘The logistics of implementing this pushbutton-controlled installation within the framework and layout of the stern were phenomenal,’ adds Zijlmans.

The arrangement of the main anchors is unique. Normally these are integrated into an aluminium hull and then the area around the anchor opening is clad in stainless steel plates.

Another fascinating feature incorporated into Athos ’ giant hull is her hydraulically operated centreboard, which is seriously complex both from a structural point of view and technically.

From the earliest stage, the yacht’s single rudder and keel centreboard configuration was designed to minimise the wetted surface and enhance performance.

The huge 6m centreboard construction itself was designed in order to offer an unparalleled degree of safety. The bottom two metres are fitted on to the top part with a snap-bolt construction and the board has an indirect connection to the hydrocylinder. Should the board hit something, the mechanism will take the breaking load by deforming or breaking and the cylinder will not be affected.

Walking around the giant hull in a construction hall it is easy to forget that structures of a similar standard of sophistication and an even greater magnitude will soon be sprouting out of the deck.

Rondal has been responsible for building the giant masts, which are made of high modulus carbon fibre in order to minimise weight. Further significant weight savings have been realised by replacing the heavy stainless steel cylinder boomvangs normally found on a yacht of this size with two carbon vangs tailor-made by Navtec. Weight issues were also a key reason to use PBO standing rigging instead of rods. This was created by Smart Rigging, which had to engineer and manufacture the longest cables thus far made for a pleasure vessel.

The records keep on tumbling as we explore Athos ’ spars. Being a Panamax boat she has a very tall sail plan for a schooner. At 61m, the main mast is the longest mast built by Rondal or anyone else in The Netherlands. The 15m fore boom and 23.5m main boom are made of a high strength carbon fibre sandwich construction. Each has an electric sun awning system on both sides and over the full boom length, custom designed by Rondal. Meanwhile, the main boom is the longest built by the company so far, even larger than the boom for Athena .

In terms of its operation, Athos has an entirely pushbutton-operated rig that includes in-boom furling sails, hydraulic boom vangs and captive winches for the sheets and halyards.

‘When we first designed Athos , she was intended to be an ocean-going cruising yacht,’ recalls Hoek. ‘But after the owner started enjoying racing he decided to increase the emphasis on performance.

‘This entailed changing the sail plan and we opted for a new development in the form of furling booms with roached main and foresails. The furling booms are for ease of operation, while the roached main sails enhance performance.’

Here too we have another illustration of how many people had to work closely together to research the solution, including the owner, designers, sailmakers and equipment suppliers.

Eventually, a fully battened sail was developed that furls into a boom with a large roach. To handle the huge batten loads involved, Schaefer Marine designed a special hinged track system on the back of the mast. The entire track rotates and has an outer groove for the batton receptacle and inner groove for the bulk load.

After some fine tuning on the owner’s current yacht the system works well, and now these experiences are set to be translated on to a much bigger scale.

Athos is designed with captive winches so that she can be sailed pushbutton. Because of the yacht’s massive hydraulic capacity, all the winches and other sailing related equipment can be used simultaneously.

‘The most incredible shapes of blocks and stainless steel brackets were required in order to get everything organised,’ says Zijlmans. ‘A load sensor system has also been developed to measure tension in critical lines, with monitors installed and the signals from the rails collated and displayed on screens in the engine room, deckhouse and crew areas.’

Athos has many customised innovations, each of which sound relatively simple but required a separate study

Once completed there will be many more high-tech features to be admired on Athos from the moment one steps aboard, which can be from either side of the yacht via boarding ladders that retract into the platforms or using a bespoke stern platform. In the cooling arena alone, Athos has many customised innovations, each of which sound relatively simple but required a separate study in their own right.

Her on-deck dashboards, for example, are not linked into the overall air-conditioning as normal but cooled locally by ventilators and cooling elements that have been shaped to fit within the exact space and equipment.

A similarly compact and lightweight solution was also developed for the audio-visual stacking area. And the engine room has a very special system that lowers the temperature using outside cooling water and blowers.

Perhaps the greatest testimony to the achievement is that all the systems and solutions detailed here have been completed without impinging on the interior volume of the yacht’s living areas.

A great deal of space has been dedicated to crew as the owner recognises the need to attract the very best people to run such an ultra-advanced vessel. One example is the spacious and comfortable engineer’s accommodation connected to the main switchboard control room.

An amazing amount of storage has also been found for toys, one of which is a Polaris flying tender (a lightweight Zodiac with a hard bottom and wings) that will be garaged in the forepeak. Two other custom tenders will be kept on deck, while there is also storage for two Optimists, two Laser Vago sailing dinghies, and all kinds of other toys in two huge side lockers next to the deckhouses.

Athos is a classic case of how tomorrow’s technology can be integrated in a yacht that visually speaking pays homage to the golden days of yachting past. The vast teak deck may still be partially covered for protection but it is already clear that she is going to look spectacular.

An amazing amount of storage has also been found for toys, one of which is a Polaris flying tender

Come Athos’s launch in spring 2010, however, and aesthetics will not be the primary concern of Captain Nick Haley. No stranger to record-breaking yachts, having spent six years at the helm of Windrose of Amsterdam (also built by HJB), Haley is not underestimating what will be involved in ensuring that the extraordinary technical systems above and below Athos’ waterline actually work in practice.

‘Although Athos ’ critical systems have undergone a detailed development process, we still foresee an extensive commissioning and sea trialling period,’ he says. ‘There will no doubt be some prototype systems that do not work perfectly first time, and possibly some systems that we assume will not give problems end up doing so. Hopefully there will also be systems that we think might give commissioning headaches and yet work trouble-free straight away.’

Haley also believes that the biggest challenge of all will be to extract the full sailing performance from the boat.

‘This process will continue well after the yacht leaves HJB. As the dimensions of and potential loads in the rig are so great it will be an awesome and exciting task.

‘As well as the new track system to handle the roached in-boom furling sails, we are also at the limit of what is possible with running rigging, hardware and winches. In more than one sense we will be setting off on a voyage of discovery.’

Anton van de Koppel/Questmedia; courtesy of Holland Jachtbouw; Hoek Design; Rondal

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